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Beware of performance issues though. Guile is extraordinarily slow on numerical code at least. Specifically, orders of magnitude slower than Chez Scheme, while
by GrumpySloth 4y ago
Beware of performance issues though. Guile is extraordinarily slow on numerical code at least. Specifically, orders of magnitude slower than Chez Scheme, while the latter is just a couple times slower than LuaJIT e.g. I got really turned off from Scheme after running some benchmarks on a couple implementations. Although I know that for people coming from say Python it may even be an upgrade.
- thrown_22 4y agoGuile is the Python of Schemes. It is not meant to be performant, it is meant to be the glue that holds everything together in the GNU operating system. That Python is the most popular language today should tell you how successful Guile has been at this goal.
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- tmtvl 4y agoI thought Gauche was the Python of Schemes: not super fast, but with a lot* of included batteries. * See https://practical-scheme.net/gauche/man/gauche-refe/Library-modules-_002d-Overview.html https://practical-scheme.net/gauche/man/gauche-refe/Library-... for an overview.